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According to design director JB Long, the penultimate level Devilled Gardens has two different methods of acquiring Spoiler:Paul due to an oversight. The intended method requires the player to reach the top of the tower where the boombox is, then backtrack to the area where the Spoiler:Mirror spawns in, as signified by the laughter that plays upon reaching the top. However, once the Spoiler:Mirror spawns in, it stays there; because of this, if the player skips the boombox and replays the section normally, they can encounter the Spoiler:Mirror without needing to backtrack. Although the oversight had been found in testing, Long chose to keep it in, because he "wanted this Spoiler:Paul to be very obtuse and basically either route offers up the same "wait what why" feeling lol."
Pinned YouTube comment from JB Long:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXWIuOAE0jc?lc=UgwEpedR-i3xqUIxtqR4AaABAg
Archived comment below:
"Okay so here's the deep Developer Lore for you.
The way you got Paul is actually an oversight!
You're meant to get him by getting to the top of the tower and then BACKTRACKING to the Mirror, who you can actually hear spawn when you reach the top. When you get up there, you hear him laugh as he spawns in. The reason you triggered it by "skipping the boombox" is because the mirror, once spawned, stays spawned, and skipping the boombox lets you enter that room from the bottom again "normally" rather than have to backtrack. The "intended" route is that you're meant to climb to the top, NOT go to the boombox, and go back down. That's why the Flame Rings respawn at different rates, as you noticed, so you can drop down to go backwards through all the doors.
We found the oversight method in testing but I left it in because I wanted this Paul to be very obtuse and basically either route offers up the same "wait what why" feeling lol."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXWIuOAE0jc?lc=UgwEpedR-i3xqUIxtqR4AaABAg
Archived comment below:
"Okay so here's the deep Developer Lore for you.
The way you got Paul is actually an oversight!
You're meant to get him by getting to the top of the tower and then BACKTRACKING to the Mirror, who you can actually hear spawn when you reach the top. When you get up there, you hear him laugh as he spawns in. The reason you triggered it by "skipping the boombox" is because the mirror, once spawned, stays spawned, and skipping the boombox lets you enter that room from the bottom again "normally" rather than have to backtrack. The "intended" route is that you're meant to climb to the top, NOT go to the boombox, and go back down. That's why the Flame Rings respawn at different rates, as you noticed, so you can drop down to go backwards through all the doors.
We found the oversight method in testing but I left it in because I wanted this Paul to be very obtuse and basically either route offers up the same "wait what why" feeling lol."
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